This is an excerpt from my first novel, THE SCORPION GAME. Read the first chapter below! You can also download the PDF version here. In 2458, on a continent sized starship with its own atmosphere and an entire civilization churning inside, the poor live in rotting...

Surface Detail represents Banks’ best work since The Player of Games. It’s the latest novel in his long running Culture series. Every Banks books is full of big ideas, brutal violence and exotic adventures. The best of the series also enjoy a large cast...